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What are President Trump's statements about the Iran war objectives?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump says Iran war objectives are nearing completion.
I've made clear from the beginning of Operation Epic Fury that we will continue until our objectives are fully achieved. Thanks to the progress we've made, I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America's military objectives shortly, very shortly.
Trump delivered a roughly 20-minute primetime speech from the White House. He repeated claims that the U.S. has destroyed Iran's military, urged patience with high costs brought on by the spike in oil prices, and said countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz should take action to secure the passage. Following the speech, oil prices rose above $105 a barrel. Stocks in Asia lost ground after Wednesday's gains on Wall Street. A top world energy policy group has detailed the extent to which Gulf countries have had to drastically reduce their oil and gas production due to the lack of export possibilities through the state of Hormuz. And Paris Eleanor Beardsley reports a Paris-based international energy agency says millions of barrels of oil and billions of cubic meters of natural gas have gone unexploited since the war began.
The IEA says during the month of March, production decreased 25 percent in Saudi Arabia, more than 60 percent in Kuwait, and 80 percent in Iraq. but the countries must keep some level of production going to avoid the consequences of shutting down oil wells, which can cause significant damage. Once stopped, some wells are difficult to start again. Others become entirely unusable. IEA President Fatih Birol says the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has resulted in the greatest threat to world energy security ever. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
A medical examiner in Buffalo, New York, has ruled the death of a Rohingya refugee a homicide. And 56-year-old Nurul Amin Shah Alam had been dropped off by Border Patrol agents in freezing weather. Ryan Zunder of Buffalo, Toronto Public Media reports on renewed calls for justice from Alam's refugee community.
Health officials say Alam died on a cold downtown street in February of a ruptured ulcer, which developed from hypothermia and dehydration. The county's health commissioner notes the homicide definition includes negligence or inaction, not intent. The homicide ruling has hit Alam's Rohingya community in Buffalo hard. They are a stateless ethnic group who have faced atrocities in Myanmar for decades. Community organizer Imran Faisal says his people fled Southeast Asia to escape danger.
There must be accountability and the justice must be served to honor his life. This tragedy has created deep fear within our community.
The Erie County District Attorney says they are, quote, committed to seeking the truth and upholding justice. For NPR News, I'm Ryan Zunner in Buffalo. This is NPR.
The four astronauts who blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center Wednesday evening are currently in Earth orbit. Officials say they are to spend a day checking their capsule before firing the main engine that will propel them toward a flight around the moon. Three Americans and a Canadian are on board. The 10-day trip is a step toward returning people to the lunar surface. A new paper in the journal JAMA Psychiatry suggests mental health care providers should ask patients regularly about their use of AI chatbots, just like they ask patients about sleep, exercise, diet, and substance abuse, appears Ritu Chatterjee reports.
Recent data suggests nearly half of adults with mental health conditions use AI chatbots for emotional support, including for anxiety and depression. Shadi Saba is at the New York University School of Social Work and an author of the new paper.
People who are using these tools on a regular basis to ask about stressful experiences and how to cope with stressful experiences, personal relationship challenges.
He says mental health care providers can learn a lot about their patients' lives and mental health by asking them about their conversations with chatbots.
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